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Visit Kirklees Place – things to do & explore

  

Kirklees places overview by Walkfo

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Kirklees history

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The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. It was named after Kirklees Priory, which is claimed to be the burial place of Robin Hood. The name Kirklees was chosen by the merging councils from more than fifty suggestions.

Kirklees geography / climate

The principal settlements of Kirklees are mill towns in the Colne Valley, Holme Valley, Calder Valley and Spen Valley. Those areas of the district with a more urban character bound Calderdale to the west, Bradford to the north-west and Wakefield to the east. The district also includes several rural villages, with the largest rural area extending from the south of Huddersfield.

You can visit Kirklees places and use Walkfo Kirklees to discover the history & things to do in Kirklees whilst walking with our free digital tour app. Walkfo Kirklees has 237 places on our Kirklees map with history, culture & travel facts that you explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Kirklees, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route – you choose where you want to go, when you want to go and Walkfo Kirklees will keep up.
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With millions of places including tourist walks, Kirklees travel destinations, National Trust locations converted to audio experiences, our Kirklees places AI guide will help you get the best from your visit to Kirklees & the surrounding areas. The Kirklees places app for iPhone & Android delivers hidden history, interesting culture and amazing facts in interactive audio stories in response to where you walk at National Heritage sites, tourist attractions, historic locations or city streets, with no predefined walk map requirements.

“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 237 audio facts unique to Kirklees places forming an interactive Kirklees map for you to explore.”

Walkfo’s Visit Kirklees Places Map
237 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Kirklees tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Kirklees

  

Best Kirklees places to visit

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Kirklees has many places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Kirklees’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Kirklees’s information audio spots:

Healds Hall Healds Hall was built in 1764 and was a private residence for several notable people. In 1926 it became the headquarters and museum for the Spen Valley Literary and Scientific Society. It is now a hotel, restaurant and function venue.

St Peter’s Church, Birstall St. Peter’s Church in Birstall, West Yorkshire, is an active Anglican parish church. It is in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.

Roberttown Roberttown is a village in the township of Liversedge in Kirklees, West Yorkshire. It is historically, part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Red House Museum Red House Museum was a historic house museum, built in 1660 and renovated in the Georgian era. It closed to the public at the end of 2016 but remains as a Grade II* listed building.

Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe was a doubling mill in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. It doubled yarns of count’s 4’s to 40’s. It was taken over by Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964.

HWD Hospital Radio HWD Hospital Radio broadcasts to patients and staff of Mid Yorkshire Trust hospitals. The station is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 227515.

Birstall, West Yorkshire Birstall is a large village in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire. It is situated between Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield. The town is approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Leeds and situated close to M62 motorway.

Gomersal Gomersal is a town in Kirklees in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. It is south of Bradford, east of Cleckheaton, north of Heckmondwike and close to the River Spen.

Cleckheaton Cleckheaton is situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough.

Oakwell Hall Oakwell Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in Birstall, West Yorkshire. The Grade I listed hall is set in period gardens surrounded by 110 acres of country park. It was immortalised in literature as “Fieldhead” by Charlotte Brontë, in her novel Shirley.

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